CLEVELAND Devon Travis hit 11 home runs this year, but the best thing the Blue Jays second baseman did for Toronto was to set the Adrian Phillips Jerseys table, as he hit .300/.332/.454 while providing a strong glove up the middle.
The Blue Jays will have to go the rest of the playoffs without Travis, as he was taken off the ALCS roster on Saturday before Game 2 because of a knee injury, replaced by Justin Smoak.
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He went to get another MRI to check Matt Light Jerseys it out, see if theres any difference, see where hes at there, Toronto manager John Gibbons said before the results came in. Travis had to leave the Blue Jays 2-0 lo s in Game 1 after appearing to aggravate his knee problem on a ground ball by Tyler Naquin that sent Travis only a few steps to his left to back up pitcher Marco Estrada, who fielded the ball.
The Blue Jays put infielder Ryan Goins on the ALCS roster in place of Smoak Cole Strange Jerseys in case Travis knee was problematic in a way that left him day-to-day rather than out. Goins replaced Travis in the field after his injury, then left the game for pinch-hitter Darwin Barney, the Blue Jays other reserve infielder.
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Smoak, a husky first baseman, adds no positional flexibility, but he is a switch-hitting power threat off the Toronto bench. In 341 plate appearances this season, Smoak hit .217/.314/.391 with 14 home runs. His power is mostly from the left side of the plate, and has not been in evidence much of anywhere lately. Smoak last homered on August 26 off Minnesotas Pat Dean, and went 1-for-18 in September before New England Patriots Jackets striking out in his only plate appearance of the postseason.
CLEVELAND Devon Travis hit 11 home runs this year, but the best thing the Blue Jays second baseman did for Toronto was to set the Adrian Phillips Jerseys table, as he hit .300/.332/.454 while providing a strong glove up the middle.
The Blue Jays will have to go the rest of the playoffs without Travis, as he was taken off the ALCS roster on Saturday before Game 2 because of a knee injury, replaced by Justin Smoak.
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He went to get another MRI to check Matt Light Jerseys it out, see if theres any difference, see where hes at there, Toronto manager John Gibbons said before the results came in. Travis had to leave the Blue Jays 2-0 lo s in Game 1 after appearing to aggravate his knee problem on a ground ball by Tyler Naquin that sent Travis only a few steps to his left to back up pitcher Marco Estrada, who fielded the ball.
The Blue Jays put infielder Ryan Goins on the ALCS roster in place of Smoak Cole Strange Jerseys in case Travis knee was problematic in a way that left him day-to-day rather than out. Goins replaced Travis in the field after his injury, then left the game for pinch-hitter Darwin Barney, the Blue Jays other reserve infielder.
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Smoak, a husky first baseman, adds no positional flexibility, but he is a switch-hitting power threat off the Toronto bench. In 341 plate appearances this season, Smoak hit .217/.314/.391 with 14 home runs. His power is mostly from the left side of the plate, and has not been in evidence much of anywhere lately. Smoak last homered on August 26 off Minnesotas Pat Dean, and went 1-for-18 in September before New England Patriots Jackets striking out in his only plate appearance of the postseason.
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Playoff berths and playoff positions are still on the line as we enter the final two weeks of the MLB season. Individual awards are still up for grabs, for the most part. Mike Trout is safe as the AL MVP, despite his season ,but there are cases to Stephon Gilmore Jerseys be made or blown over the remaining handful of games.
And there are a couple of milestones on the line, too. Lets take a look at three of them two good, one not so positive.
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Ronald Acua: 40-40The milestone: 40 homers, 40 stolen bases in a season
What he needs: 1homer, 4stolen bases
Thoughts: Acua is 21 years old. Twenty-one! His power/speed combo season 39 homers and 36 stolen bases so far would be pretty amazing for any player at any age, but to make a legit run at a 40-40 season at 21 years old (he doesnt turn 22 until December) is unprecedented. Heres a comprehensive list of MLB players other than Acuna to have even 30 homers and 30 stolen bases before the end of their Age 21 season: Trout, Mike (30 homers, 49 stolen bases in 2012). Thats it. Thats the entire list, just Trout and Acua.
And only four players (of any age) have compiled seasons of 40 homers Deonte Brown Jerseys and 40 stolen bases in MLB history. Jose Canseco was the first (42 homers, 40 stolen bases in 1988), followed by Barry Bonds in 1996 (42-40), Alex Rodriguez in 1998 (42-46) and Alfonso Soriano (46-41). A-Rod, by the way, was in his Age 22 season, and Canseco was in his Age 23 year.
And this is mostly unrelated, but the Braves have a shot at finishing with three players with at least 40 homers. Thats only happened three times: Atlanta in 1973, Colorado in 1996 and 1997. Acua, as mentioned, has 39, Freddie Freeman has 38 and Josh Donaldson has 37.
Justin Verlander: 3,000The milestone: 3,000 career strikeouts
What he needs: 19 strikeouts
Thoughts: Verlander isnt just a veteran hanging around collecting counting stats. He finished second in the AL Cy Young voting last year and is the odds-on favorite to take home that award this season. In his past 11 starts, hes recorded double-digit strikeouts nine times.
Hes set up to start at least two more games: Tuesday at home against the Rangers and Sept. 22 at home against the Angels. And if the games still matter in the race for home-field advantage in October, Verlander could make a third start on full rest in the season-ending series on the road against the Angels. If he makes that start (seems likely that hed at least throw a few innings to keep on a regular rotation schedule), hes a solid bet to get those 19 needed strikeouts. There are only 17 members of the 3,000-strikeout club, btw, a group that CC Sabathia joined early this season.
Phillies: 11,000The milestone Austin Corbett Jerseys :11,000 lo ses as a franchise
What they DONT need: Ninemore lo ses in their final 14 games
Thoughts: The Phillies have more lo ses than any other franchise, which says two things: Theyve been around a long, long time (137 years), and theyve lost a lot of baseball games (78 seasons under .500). Even though they cant avoid being the first franchise to hit the 11,000-lo s mark (they have 10,991and the Braves are next, with a relatively distant 10,652), it would be particularly cruel if they get to that markthis year, a season that started with sky-high expectations but has been, overall, pretty disappointing.
And I know what youre thinking: As long as they dont fall apart down the stretch, theyll avoid this Kamal Martin Jerseys milestone of futility. And thats true. But heres the thing: They've already lost seven of their past 11 games (including two at home to Boston this weekend) and no team faces a more difficult stretch run than the Phillies.
They're about to play11 consecutive games on the road against playoff-caliber teams: three in Atlanta, three in Cleveland and five in Washington. Yeah. The five contests in D.C. includea double-headerSept. 24. They finish with three at home against the Marlins, but if that road trip turns into a disaster remember how they lost 11 of their last 15 games last season? that series might not even matter.
Playoff berths and playoff positions are still on the line as we enter the final two weeks of the MLB season. Individual awards are still up for grabs, for the most part. Mike Trout is safe as the AL MVP, despite his season ,but there are cases to Stephon Gilmore Jerseys be made or blown over the remaining handful of games.
And there are a couple of milestones on the line, too. Lets take a look at three of them two good, one not so positive.
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Ronald Acua: 40-40
The milestone: 40 homers, 40 stolen bases in a season
What he needs: 1homer, 4stolen bases
Thoughts: Acua is 21 years old. Twenty-one! His power/speed combo season 39 homers and 36 stolen bases so far would be pretty amazing for any player at any age, but to make a legit run at a 40-40 season at 21 years old (he doesnt turn 22 until December) is unprecedented. Heres a comprehensive list of MLB players other than Acuna to have even 30 homers and 30 stolen bases before the end of their Age 21 season: Trout, Mike (30 homers, 49 stolen bases in 2012). Thats it. Thats the entire list, just Trout and Acua.
And only four players (of any age) have compiled seasons of 40 homers Deonte Brown Jerseys and 40 stolen bases in MLB history. Jose Canseco was the first (42 homers, 40 stolen bases in 1988), followed by Barry Bonds in 1996 (42-40), Alex Rodriguez in 1998 (42-46) and Alfonso Soriano (46-41). A-Rod, by the way, was in his Age 22 season, and Canseco was in his Age 23 year.
And this is mostly unrelated, but the Braves have a shot at finishing with three players with at least 40 homers. Thats only happened three times: Atlanta in 1973, Colorado in 1996 and 1997. Acua, as mentioned, has 39, Freddie Freeman has 38 and Josh Donaldson has 37.
Justin Verlander: 3,000
The milestone: 3,000 career strikeouts
What he needs: 19 strikeouts
Thoughts: Verlander isnt just a veteran hanging around collecting counting stats. He finished second in the AL Cy Young voting last year and is the odds-on favorite to take home that award this season. In his past 11 starts, hes recorded double-digit strikeouts nine times.
Hes set up to start at least two more games: Tuesday at home against the Rangers and Sept. 22 at home against the Angels. And if the games still matter in the race for home-field advantage in October, Verlander could make a third start on full rest in the season-ending series on the road against the Angels. If he makes that start (seems likely that hed at least throw a few innings to keep on a regular rotation schedule), hes a solid bet to get those 19 needed strikeouts. There are only 17 members of the 3,000-strikeout club, btw, a group that CC Sabathia joined early this season.
Phillies: 11,000
The milestone Austin Corbett Jerseys :11,000 lo ses as a franchise
What they DONT need: Ninemore lo ses in their final 14 games
Thoughts: The Phillies have more lo ses than any other franchise, which says two things: Theyve been around a long, long time (137 years), and theyve lost a lot of baseball games (78 seasons under .500). Even though they cant avoid being the first franchise to hit the 11,000-lo s mark (they have 10,991and the Braves are next, with a relatively distant 10,652), it would be particularly cruel if they get to that markthis year, a season that started with sky-high expectations but has been, overall, pretty disappointing.
And I know what youre thinking: As long as they dont fall apart down the stretch, theyll avoid this Kamal Martin Jerseys milestone of futility. And thats true. But heres the thing: They’ve already lost seven of their past 11 games (including two at home to Boston this weekend) and no team faces a more difficult stretch run than the Phillies.
They’re about to play11 consecutive games on the road against playoff-caliber teams: three in Atlanta, three in Cleveland and five in Washington. Yeah. The five contests in D.C. includea double-headerSept. 24. They finish with three at home against the Marlins, but if that road trip turns into a disaster remember how they lost 11 of their last 15 games last season? that series might not even matter.
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PITTSBURGH Walk around PNC Park long enough, and you'll see someone wearing a T-shirt featuring Kent Tekulve's silhouette. When you do, .
Tekulve was the closer for the Pirates' last World Series title, in 1979, and saved three Sam Mills Jerseys games against the Orioles. For the past few years, he's done work as a pre- and postgame analyst for ROOT Sports. That's a long-ish way of saying that he's beloved around here so, his reception before the NL wild-card game on Ikem Ekwonu Jerseys Wednesday was loud and unsurprising.
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The 67-year-old Tekulve, you see, . His return to PNC was a pretty big deal, and fans treated it as such.
For the record, he overhanded it Carolina Panthers T Shirts .
His prognosis, most important, is good. He'd been on the transplant waiting list since doctors installed a pump in his left ventricle in December.
Ive got a grandson (who's) Joseph Charlton Jerseys going to be born in December,"."Without that heart I would never have known him. Now I will.
PITTSBURGH Walk around PNC Park long enough, and you’ll see someone wearing a T-shirt featuring Kent Tekulve’s silhouette. When you do, .
Tekulve was the closer for the Pirates’ last World Series title, in 1979, and saved three Sam Mills Jerseys games against the Orioles. For the past few years, he’s done work as a pre- and postgame analyst for ROOT Sports. That’s a long-ish way of saying that he’s beloved around here so, his reception before the NL wild-card game on Ikem Ekwonu Jerseys Wednesday was loud and unsurprising.
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The 67-year-old Tekulve, you see, . His return to PNC was a pretty big deal, and fans treated it as such.
For the record, he overhanded it Carolina Panthers T Shirts .
His prognosis, most important, is good. He’d been on the transplant waiting list since doctors installed a pump in his left ventricle in December.
Ive got a grandson (who’s) Joseph Charlton Jerseys going to be born in December,”.”Without that heart I would never have known him. Now I will.
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Only a dozen people in baseball history have played in both the Little League World Series and the actual World Series, and only five of those 12 have played multiple times in baseballs Fall Cla sic.
Cardinals starter Lance Lynn is one of those five.
LLWS: Thats pretty cool, to be able to play in one Brett Favre Jerseys when youre 12 and then be able to make it to the major leagues and play in one there, he told Sporting News this weekend. Its definitely a cool feeling to know I played in both of those.
Lynn was part of the 1999 Little League World Series, on the U.S. Central team from Brownsburg, Indiana. Pitching against the U.S. South team from Alabamaa squad that coincidentally included Colby Rasmus, his Cardinals teammate for a short time in 2011Lynn had a shutout through four innings, but allowed a run in the fifth and then gave up a game-ending grand slam in the sixth Charles Woodson T Shirts . Brownsburg lost, 5-4.
His first big-league World Series ended on a better note. Lynn made 10 appearances for the Cardinals during the 2011 postseasoneight of them scorele sand St. Louis won its 11th World Series title. Lynn pitched a scorele s eighth inning against Texas in Game 7.
On whether he has a favorite: I mean, when youre 12 years old, you dont think that youre going to get anything better than that. And then to win the World Series in 2011, theres no better feeling than that. At the moments that each of them happened, they were very special.
On what sticks out in his mind about the Little League World Series: That was one of the first times I had left the state to go play. And then to be on national television and youre doing interviews and stuff like that when youre 12 years old, thats probably was the most interesting Josh Jackson Jerseys and/or weird experience of all of it. You just turned 12 years old, and you have a bunch of people asking you what you think about todays game and this or that, and all you really care about is going to play again. You dont really pay attention to anything else.
On what advice he would give 12-year-old Lance on handling the interviews: Well, 12-year-old Lance was probably nicer than this Lance. I had a knack at that age to be alright at that, and it kind of just grew as I got older. I would Green Bay Packers Jackets say the only thing I would go back and tell myself is not to throw that grand-slam pitch in the sixth inning. That would be the only thing I would tell myself.
Only a dozen people in baseball history have played in both the Little League World Series and the actual World Series, and only five of those 12 have played multiple times in baseballs Fall Cla sic.
Cardinals starter Lance Lynn is one of those five.
LLWS:
Thats pretty cool, to be able to play in one Brett Favre Jerseys when youre 12 and then be able to make it to the major leagues and play in one there, he told Sporting News this weekend. Its definitely a cool feeling to know I played in both of those.
Lynn was part of the 1999 Little League World Series, on the U.S. Central team from Brownsburg, Indiana. Pitching against the U.S. South team from Alabamaa squad that coincidentally included Colby Rasmus, his Cardinals teammate for a short time in 2011Lynn had a shutout through four innings, but allowed a run in the fifth and then gave up a game-ending grand slam in the sixth Charles Woodson T Shirts . Brownsburg lost, 5-4.
His first big-league World Series ended on a better note. Lynn made 10 appearances for the Cardinals during the 2011 postseasoneight of them scorele sand St. Louis won its 11th World Series title. Lynn pitched a scorele s eighth inning against Texas in Game 7.
On whether he has a favorite: I mean, when youre 12 years old, you dont think that youre going to get anything better than that. And then to win the World Series in 2011, theres no better feeling than that. At the moments that each of them happened, they were very special.
On what sticks out in his mind about the Little League World Series: That was one of the first times I had left the state to go play. And then to be on national television and youre doing interviews and stuff like that when youre 12 years old, thats probably was the most interesting Josh Jackson Jerseys and/or weird experience of all of it. You just turned 12 years old, and you have a bunch of people asking you what you think about todays game and this or that, and all you really care about is going to play again. You dont really pay attention to anything else.
On what advice he would give 12-year-old Lance on handling the interviews: Well, 12-year-old Lance was probably nicer than this Lance. I had a knack at that age to be alright at that, and it kind of just grew as I got older. I would Green Bay Packers Jackets say the only thing I would go back and tell myself is not to throw that grand-slam pitch in the sixth inning. That would be the only thing I would tell myself.
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Dan Jim Taylor Jerseys Jennings' managing days with the Marlins appeared to be numbered.
Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria reportedly will be sending Jennings back to the front office and start searching for a new manager in the offseason, , citing team sources.
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The Marlins have had an abysmal season they have the worst record in baseball and Jennings' lack of experience as a manager could have something to do with it Gerhard De Beer Jerseys . Jennings had never managed a team beyond the high school level before the 2015. after Redmond was hired in 2013 and had a 155-206 record Corey Bojorquez Jerseys as manager.
Some names being thrown around to take over the position are Bud Black,Ron Gardenhire andDusty Baker, among others.
The team sources also indicated to the Herald that the Marlins will focus on their pitching staff during the offseason.Henderson Alvarez, who recentlyhad shoulder surgery, likely won't be factored into the rotation and neither willtheir Green Bay Packers Pet Gear top pitching prospects.
Dan Jim Taylor Jerseys Jennings’ managing days with the Marlins appeared to be numbered.
Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria reportedly will be sending Jennings back to the front office and start searching for a new manager in the offseason, , citing team sources.
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The Marlins have had an abysmal season they have the worst record in baseball and Jennings’ lack of experience as a manager could have something to do with it Gerhard De Beer Jerseys . Jennings had never managed a team beyond the high school level before the 2015. after Redmond was hired in 2013 and had a 155-206 record Corey Bojorquez Jerseys as manager.
Some names being thrown around to take over the position are Bud Black,Ron Gardenhire andDusty Baker, among others.
The team sources also indicated to the Herald that the Marlins will focus on their pitching staff during the offseason.Henderson Alvarez, who recentlyhad shoulder surgery, likely won’t be factored into the rotation and neither willtheir Green Bay Packers Pet Gear top pitching prospects.
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